Leizu
Sign in to saveAlso known as Lei-tsu, Lei Tsu, Empress Leizu, Empress Lei, Empress Lei-tsu, Empress Lei Tsu, Xilingshi, Xiling Shi
thumb|Illustration of Leizu teaching people to cultivate silkworms.
Key facts
- Royalty.name
- Leizu 嫘祖
- Royalty.spouse
- Yellow Emperor
- Royalty.issue
- Shaohao Changyi
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- culture hero
- Gender
- female
- Citizenship
- China
- Spouse
- Yellow Emperor
- Child
- Shaohao
- Occupation
- inventor
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thumb|Illustration of Leizu teaching people to cultivate silkworms.
Leizu (), also known as Xi Ling-shi (, Wade–Giles Hsi Ling-shih), was a legendary Chinese empress and wife of the Yellow Emperor. According to tradition, she discovered sericulture, and invented the silk loom, in the 27th century BC.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Leizu” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.